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Why people perform outrage online

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People love acting outraged on the internet, not because they actually care deeply about the issue, but to aggressively signal their virtue to the surrounding tribe. Psychological studies refer to this as moral grandstanding. Essentially, most public moral outrage is just a cheap psychological tactic used to boost one's own social status at the expense of whoever made a minor misstep.

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